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'""ff -*"-*»" **»»'•••• 'f'^aS •>•»•-. I* i^~-^--^.,.,.^Wt. .•i-VM*T-»L«-->..l^**..'l..-fcliJi-l. ..JU--AJ. • -- •-T -; varasB' wm.' :; * EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS '. , "* . s «" 0 < 7, £4* V'l^- f.?'**%* $* ' t„ r; ( ^ •*«•*.<,- x« ,*• TtamdEy, Jannary, 1$ 1999 •*^r - •* «•:* 1 SLOCUM'S LAKE :. ;,K \ f ^ v m^Bssssa . j*-_ ,.,. Ti $>' / Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews were ' business callers at Elmhurst last Fri- §***•' . ' :: Mr. and Mrs. Eajr Dowdl «wre recent callers at McHenry. Mrs. lSarl Converse and daughter', ^Frances, and Mrs. Fhilena Davis-*nd ; daughter, Frances, were business callers at Woodstock last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews called at the home of the former s mother j catjons 0f t j,e disease after which at Crystal I>ake last Wednesday. _ they are named. These are not near- Mrs. Clara Smith ha^been ril 'the ag com?non „ meningococci me'nv past week and is somewfeat imprqv«d ingitis for ?enerally they are ^ ,at this waiting. communicated from person to person Mrs. Earl Converse a*d daughter j ^ is the menin?ococcic type. and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Davis endi . , • • . daughter were callers at Elgin last Epidemic meningitis has ,on* been * Thursday j recognized as a war disease. It oc- Epidemic meningitis has been known for many years as cerebrospinal fever or spotted fever. More recently it has been referred to an meningococci meningitis, "io order to distinguish it from types of meningitis caused by other kinds of bacteria. Meningococci meningitis is the only type which occurs in epidemic form. Other types such as influenza meningitis, pneumococcic meningitis, streptococcic meningitis, syphilitic meningitis and tuberculous, meningitis occur as compli The Rogues' Gallery Mr. and Mrs. Earner Esping -were curs in persons who are undernourish- "••'•Jtibusiness ctOfetofeyifci Lake Sat- »nd oVerfatigued, or who are Conurday. - • I nned m overcrowded quarters such jM^rsi Sarah Fisher of Vol® spent! « ^anacks and labor camps, , Sunday at.Jthe home K>t Mrs, Clara Smith. Charles Fi-eund of Ringwood » aow ^employed at the 'BIomgreiTfarin, ' , . . . , , ^ Douglas Smith who is employed «t The sudden mobilization of large num bers of young, men from all walks of life resuJtJed in outbreaks during the world war, the armies of all the com- During the Woodstock spent Sunday at the homel^r of 108*35, when large number® iif!%«of his parents here. ^ . of men were concentrated m federal Mr. and Mrs. Marry Matthews and transient camps .in this country, sey, - •Mr. and Mrs. Earl Matthews of Wau-k* outbreaks of epidemic meningitis 5- conda spent Sunday at the home of ;^ok Hf;,,.0™ of L these wa u s f * "Mrs. Anna Matthews at Crystal Lake. Sprwgfield, Ill^ms, where an outbreak Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, 'Frances spent Sunday and Monday at ithe home of Mrs. Philena Davis. which began in February, 1935, originated in the transient shelters. Since that time 41 cases of epidemic men- Harry Matthews apd H. C. .Gilker- V1?11!8 been ^mitte^TT to the Stson and, fib Harris of Grayslake at. | John s Contagious Disease Hospital in tended, a banquet at the K. C. Hall, Spnogfield, 27 of whom were SpringjDeKalb,. last Thursday evening in hon- j residents. Of the 41 ca«£6, 13 or of tWDeKalb County Farm Bureau j ^a,'e<^ to survive, which is a fatality baseball team winning the state cham-*®*® ®1 Per Nine of the 41 pionship. Eb Harris, president of the! cfses have occurred during the pact League, presented the boys with their ®1X S. Public Health Reports of November 22, 1935, state: "Compared with recent years the incidence of meningococcus meningitis was the highest for this period since trophy Mrs. J. D. William of Crystal Lake spent the past week in caring for her smother, Mrs. Clara Smith. Mr. and Mrs. William Darrell and!1930' thus continuing the high level two children of Wauconda spent Sunday evening at the home of the former's father Here. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell were callers at Waukegan last Tuesday. which has prevailed since the first of the year. All parts of the country show an incidence above that for pre* ceding^ years." Accordingly, it is deemed advisable to bring this disease Epidemic meningitis, is most prevalent during the winter and early spring. In the civilian population it is a disease of children and young Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks, Harold; to the attention of physicians and Brooks and Mrs. Lulu Quartell of PuWic health authorities at this time Plymouth, Mich.; spent Sunday at thep'J order that every effort be made to home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee LarabeeJ Prlvent a widespread epidemic. near Bristol, Wis. Mr." and Mrs. W. O; Brooks of Libertyville spent Monday evening at the home of Mq and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. , Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks spent i adults.v Cases in persons over fifty Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.'years a£e are uncommon. It ii Frank Kelsey at Shady Rest subdivi- spread by healthy human carriers sion on Fox River. I who harbor the meningococci in thi Mrs. H. L. Brooks returned home nose and throat. Most medical au- Saturday after spending two and one- i thorities believe that a large number half weeks at the home of Mr. and meningococcus carriers must be Mrs. Alfred Rau in Chicago. : present before the disease reaches Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks and Mrs.!epidemic proportions. The microor- . Lulu Quartel left Tuesday for San gan'sms are spread from person to Benito, Texas, where they will y*ea-: ?erson ^ droplet infection, whereby tion until some time in April. ] droplets of secretions from the nose • Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and or throat are spread by coughing and ^daughter, Darlene, wel-e visitors Mon-1 sneezing. With every cough or sneeze, n / - Our Washington / Letter --By-- Matfaaal EditorUl Washington, Januhry 15 -- When the clamor and hubbub about hamstringing the judiciary and increasing the powers of the legislative and executive branches of the Federal government is stilled, it will be found *radua"* c,othed themselves with farm factions ia deagencies with tremendous Dower j • _ j with the final decision resting with a n* Constitutional amenddepartment of bureau chieftain. Study me.nt .*8 * w,y to accomplish their shows that these decisions are equivalent to supplementary legislation as ship rolls official! interpret according to their wishes. It is a situation not confined to.iL th* New De»1 and the hlame is with CongTess. In the confusion about Constitutional amendments created by factions, the politicians are really worried. The cross-section of private talk shows that the Republicans appear too willing to make the subject a campaignsissue and the Democrats suspect a trap; conservative Democrats believe objectives and increase the member- Each rtrm Ums 300 Tl__ From the wood In his cradle to Ifr wood In bis coffin, the average individual consumption Is equivalent to least SOU trees. > > •M ••M & 4 •t that much progress has been made in th® . fta.te?' angle would create "Thfri, I T«ld You It Was the Pink-eyel You Can See it Yourselfl" WHAT OF OUR NATIONAL METABOLISM? ^ • •••r T: By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM HEXE is an old saw which says that two heads are better than one. Probably the guy who made up that saying was an executioner who had an ax to grind because he got paid by piece-work. ~ But that idea of his Is now old-fashioned stuff. Modern civilization is not only trending, it's positively bouncing toward the notion that 60 heads are better than 10, and I am not referring to cattle either, at least not the kind of cattle who .wear nothing but horns and their own hides. The heads to which I have reference are called Experts. They are the bunch who are called In to figure out why the other fellows don't work harder. They are the boys who can tell a chart from a charter and know how to make the head of the concern wish he'd graduated from high school so's he't! know what they were talking day evening fit the home of Mr. and a spray of droplets containing infec- about Mrs. Ray Dowell. Parm Bureau News tious bacteria is showered as far as ] All 6fer the world 1 notice the same ten feet from the offender. Other hu- thing. In Russia particularly there man beings breathe in these' infec- seems to be an idea that 40,000,000 tious droplets, particularly if they are heads are better than one* but so far exposed in crowded stores, theatres or • l'ie whole lot don't seem to have been HAS i public conveyances. A SUCCESSFUL 1 • . ANNUAL MEETING BREWING INDUSTRY IS tJrging farmers "to look to themselves" was one of the highlights of the address delivered before the 22nd able to think up a single constructive Idea. And don't let Hitler or Mussolini fool you either. They may act like one head is better than two, but If you look between the balance sheet and the blanket policy you'll find an army of boys with charts that show everything from the average yardage of spaghetti to the relative decrease in dogs and Increase in frankfurters. In France they still do things by ear, and none of them have learned to keep IMPORTANT TO FARMER Washington, D. C., Jan 13--The importance of the brewing industry to annual meeting of the McHenry Coun- the farmer, as a major market for ty Fajin Bureau by O. D. Brissenden his products, is shown by statistics of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- compiled by the U. S. Dept. of Agrition. He stated that most anything culture, the U. S. Treasury Departreasonable of expectation could be ac-! ment, and the U. S. Tariff Commiscomplished by intelligent group ac-; sion. Purchases of farm products by tion- brewers, since 3.2 per cent beer was. . He also said that the farm program legalized on April 7, 1933, aggregate! thelr hands still long enough to take advanced by the Farm Bureau was a! many millions of dollars.- j. a National Metabolism. And if they practical application of the "Golden' Illustration of the effect of the' ever di(1 Ket their heads together in a Rule." Parity prices set up under the restoration of the purchasing power of I real business conference it would probrecently invalidated AAA only desired the brewer upon the economic welfare abl? take years t0 untangle the beards a fair level of farm prices as based | of the farmer is given by comparison on the price of goods that farmers! of the use of farm products by brewpurchape, he said. . ers before Prohibition, during Prohi- Brissenden further .stated that farm ' bition, during Prohibition, and since cause of the result of organized efy In 1917, the manufacture of beer ffcrt, namely, improved farm prices, in the United States consumed .2,771,- lowest farm real estate interest .rates 000,000 pounds of malt (barley). In and £ome reductions in farm property 1932, the year preceding the legalizataxes although there is still much to ticn of 3.2 beer, this consumption of be done before a fair taxing system is malt had dropped to- 96<366,000 pounds. in effect for ill kinds of real estate, jln 1934, following the return of beer, Officers elected for the new year the consumption of malt (barley) by are as follows; Stanley Church, Hunt-; the • brewings-industry had jurhped to ley, president; Arthur Garlieb. Hunt-12,112,000,000 pounds. ley, vice-president; Russell Beard. He-:.- Other cereals (rice, corn, etc.) used brcn, Secretary and Fred Gay, Har- in brewing in 1917 totaled 1,112,000,-1 vard, Treasurer. Directors elected for 000 pounds. In 1932, Under Prohibjthree yfears are Gilbert Carroll of tion, this consumption had been re-! Hartland township and Fred, Heider duced to 35,204,000 pounds. In 1934, j " Greenwood township. . | with beer again legalized, the con-1 etinng officers are K. E. Crrstv, sumption of these cereals in its manu- i Hingwood, president; Stanley Church, faeture had increased to 800.000,000 vice-president, Huntley; Walter pounds. ' Schuett, Woodstock secretary' and.. Likewise" in the consumption^ "e" t,ay' treasurer. Earl Swenson hops In 1917 the breweries in the of spring Grove is a retiring director.: United States used 42,000,000 pounds Delegates elected to represent Mc--of hops. In 1932 only 1,841,000 pounds •Wenry county at the coming Illinois of hops w«re used in brewing. In ' •' ' '"^ssociation Convention 1934 the return pf beer'had increased to be held at Decatur January 29, 30 the consumption of hops to 30,000,000 .and 31 are Earl Swenson, Spring pounds. Grove and Fred Gay, Harvard; alter-j When these statistics are analyzed nates aivK, L. Cri'sty, Ringwood and with regard to their "indication of.the Clinton Martin, W. McHenry. j potential effect of the consumption of .in the statistical summary for the beer upon agriculture, consideration w Prese.nted by Farm Adviser | must be given to the per capita con- • V i f or,oi Ah<'l'e was reported a sumption of beer in this country durtotal of 29.30 office callers, r,97 tele- ing the respective periods and the inphone calls, _688 personal letters, 251.i Creases of population of the United . farm visits,Tl3 • different news art-.States. . .. ides, 130 circular letters!, 145 meet-' In -1917, the population of the S attendance of 5408. | United States was approximately Other reports given by project lead- 102,000,000 persons and the per cap. eis or Officers, included treasurer's re- ita consumption of beer was 18.48 galu° w U .Gay' secretai:y's report Ions. In 1934, the population was apby Walter Schuett, 4-H Club work by proximately 126,000,000 and the per Earl Swenson, Young Adult Project capita consumption of beer was 9.84 by Russell .Beard,- Seed- Service by gallons. Clinton Martin, Pairy Hei-d Improve- ;* In 1917, the total consumption of ment Association b^«Willis Gardner, il>eer in the United States was 1,885. Solon MiHs, ^syranc-e Services, Le-: 000,000 gallons In 1'934, the total land Kortemeier, general agent, Pe-| consumption was approximately 1 - trojeum Products. Thos. Roberts: De-j 240,000,000 gallons. If the per capita afterwards. In the Tight Little Isle (why does England call it$elf that when they are only allowed to drink a couple of hours n f]nvT) Woii anywaygj In England they've been running the country pretty successfully on the principle- that one head was perfectly satisfactory so long as the crown on if was handsome enough to attract attentlop. But they have always been" great on reports, and charts. Charterhouse Is one of their swanky schools and from the vfay tilings are shaping up in America I think one of the graduates must have sneaked on board the Mayflower.- At any rate we've developed an epidemic of running things by groups over here. which makes the Great Jigsaw Puzzle'.Plague of '33 pale by comparison. The infamous puzzle makers are hiding their heads in shame before the onslaught of these new puzzle makers, because, after all, someone did occasionally solve a jigsaw. But when some one show's you a pin-checked piece of paper across which a drunken hen has apparently walked after stepping In the Ink, and says proudly, "There, you can see for yourself!" Well, that's something else again, but I'm not just sure what, V , Of course it's probably the modern method of explaining everything and very much all right. But when I was a giri, drawing jiggly lines on scraps of paper was confined to inmates of the Goofy Coop; or they were confined be^ cause of drawing jiggly lines. Well, whichever way It was, the lines have apparently escaped and one of them Is zigzagging up and down all over the country. Even your doctor has 'em. You go to consult him about your bill, 'which is probably the thing which is painfirg you most at the moment, but before you can open your mouth he opens it ior you,-sticks- the end of a lire-hose Kalb. Greetings and congratulations were; the same as in 1917, the" total conextended to the^ McHenry County j sumption for-1934 would have been Oeau^by^Mrs. Willis Gardner, approximately 2,329,000,000 gallons, also to note that, previous to Prohibition, beer had been steadily rising in popular favor. Federal Government statistics show that in 1850 the con in, puts a clothes pin on your nose and at the end of 10 minutes pulls a pinchecked paper out of a cylinder with jiggly lines shooting up and down it and exclaims triumphantly, "There, I told you It was the pink-eye I Yon can see for yourself!" And I don't dispute him for the same reason that the chinaman's laundry list never checks with mine. Of course department stores have been going for this charting and surveying in a big way apd over a long period, not realizing that a period Is really a full stop. Indeed, no department store IS complete without the department that makes "up Its secret cross-bow puzzles which, when and If worked out, show for Instance, that 10 pairs of men's pants divided by half practically, equals getting at the seat of things. But the best example of this new game of a group telling the Individual how to run his business and proving it by scratching-as-scratch-can, is the Administration. This charting has even crept into relief work and if anybody thinks that a form of relief, they're crazy. Not that I want to make myself personae au gratin with the government any more than I am already over my income tax, but I can't help noticing when an Investigation Ijlored unearths the fact that some guys on the relief rolls or who had been rolling the relief or something, had put In a lot of time making a survey of exactly where there was no electric lighting In Sumatra In 1426. Sore of "King of All the Surveys" stuff, eh what? At that these charts might have their useful side. For example, the next -time one of my creditors writes and asks me why I haven't paid my bill, I might get a pad of that sportsgoods paper, and taking my pen between my toes to insure unsteadinessmake up a chart and send it to him with the remark "You can f see for yourself." , Also in writing the kind of letter in which you discass the weather we are having, a chart of this popular kind would save 'describing the lightning. The qne who received it would unr [oubtedly supply the thunder. v. Torn into small strips and moistened, these efliciency charts are very, efli-' cient for sweeping Qust out of oriental rugs. And when It comes to firing the cook, a chart of your digestion showing high and low points of agony and pinned above the stove, will usually do tlife trick. ATI cooks tlilnk that ftnyth they can't understand is an insult. Personally I am a bit quaint in my ideas. The only time I think two heads arc better than one is when a kiss is involved, and no charts are needed to promote efficiency. And iii my humble--pshaw, I don't really mean that--in my darned cock- - sure opinion, the way to better bus!-:: ness conditions and haul bhek that coy old girl. Prosperity, is to quit smoth-, ering individual initiative with central^ committees, long-distance governing b o a r d s , b r a i n t r u s t e r s a n d g r o n p s of fancy theorists, and allow good old John Workman to do his stuff. „ Practically every big "man and Ira? portant woman in this country got where they are by doing something th^ experts said couldn't be done. The weak crowd in herds, the strong stand alone. And the strength of any country including the Scandinavian, Is the power and gifts of those leaders who have worked out their own salvation, on the principle that man is what he makes himself, not what somebody else tells him he ought to be. • ,V Once in Ireland, every man was a King. IFow about adopting that slogan for America before we become a-letter in the Alphabet or a numeral in a ledger, instead? . Q Nina Wllcoj^Putnam.--WNU Strrlc*. 1 . - PLAN JAMBOREE IN 1937 A- bill providing for an inter-Njftj tional Boy Scout Jamboree in 1937 has been introduced at Washington this direction without consulting the general public All talk about amending ^he Constitution is designed largely for public consumption in an effort to,, measure currents of feeling among factions and organized minorities as to an independent judiciary or one subservient to the fortunes of the political wars. Nothing is said of the common practice of influencing judicial matters by appointing men to the Federal bench "with the advice and consent of the Senate," a procedure which involves political consideration. The Roosevelt Adm in istration • has followed custom of all major' parties by appointing 52 New Deal jurists within three years. It is a good batting average as there are only 200 Federal or district judgeships available. The Republicans have neglected to mention the prevailing system for their followers garnered many judicial posts during the 12 years control of national affairs. Many federal judges are hold-overs from the Democratic regime of Woodrow Wilson while others ascended the bench with the approval of Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. Only death or voluntary retirement open these posts to the patronage of the party in power. Criticism of the Supreme Court is not original with President Roosevelt, as Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt and other Chief Executives were equally harsh in their comments in the stress of crisis. Judicial opinion may sometimes be re-shaped through replacements and this is not improbable in these days with members of the Supreme Court advanced in years and tw:o or three in poor health. It is (highly significant to note that in event^of defeat at the polls ousting the present occupant from the White House, the Democrats by sheer weight of numbers will control the U. S. Senate for at least two years. And, %11 Federal judges appointed by a new President will of necessity run the gauntlet of a Democratic Senate. The infiltration of the judiciary by partisans is an old game. Of interest is the fact that the politicians never inform the laymen about the growth of administrative adjudication which vitally af|ects the average citizen. It is authoritatively reported that decisions of various federal agencies which exercise administrative judicial powers are several times as numerous as the recorded decisions of all Federal judicial courts. It is small wonder that bureaucrats resent court interference with their plans. Over a 'period of political havoc in the. South because the G.O.P. might wiiv in November and give force to anti-lynching laws and other outcroppings of the Civil War; the uncertainty in the responsiveness of the silent electorate in cities and rural areas, especially the large segment of which did not benefit, from the AAA bounties; signs of a split in farm organizations over this issue etc. . A definite policy will probably be held in abeyance until reaction toward legislation on farm payments and claims of affected parties is determined. This week, for in<,; stance, a domestic allotment platt; giving a direct subsidy to farmers i3 popular, but the tax question mav m. i v coIfident tha??L °r<?anizatlons feel will be glad to call and see anyone » piK that the bonus will pass over needing my services. My 30 yean a Presidents veto. Treasury offi- experience wiU be much help to thk Wi r cerned fu 10 effect °f as 1 am in with more buyers a IS Jtlon on the currency with than any auctioneer in McHenry a marked trend toward inflation and County. higher taxes. While labor unions are 0*1,1 . .. lS^nr^ 2£rk b et8 in Wfeconsin'and I meet all ports from their Miami conference in- f ?yT j5"1 Rnd ,ne*r who f 'EMETLW sion. The AAA court decision has ^ clouded many pending measures including those in which organized lab- , CHAS. LEONARD or has a large stake. If the Walsh ~ ? government contract bill is scuttled . ' - in the House the laborites will align Auctioneer Woodstock, nt Listen In On Station WGN every Tuesday, Thunh day and Saturday at 12 o'clock noon, for the Meister Brau Program / featuring the Most Beautiful Qirl in Radio. CHAS. HERDRICH, Distributor IVlt PETER HAND BREWEX7 CO. Phone Mdfifeiitry 16 SPECIAL SUNDAY RATES for Lonq Distance telephone calls AND REDUCED PERS0IM T0 PERS0IM RATES after*7every eveninq EFFECTIVE January 15, the Illinois Bell Telephone Company extends to a/Z day Sunday the same reduced rates which have been in effect on long distance station-to-station calls after 7 p.m. each evening. The reductions apply to' " most calls on which the day rate for three minutes is more than 33 cents, and range from about 10 per cent on some of the shorte^T/calls to 40 per cent or more on distant 'jails. /ALSO • > • EFFECTIVE January l5, the Illinois Bell Telephone Company offers reduced rates on person-to-person calls every nigfit after 7 p.m. and all day Sunday. They apply, in general, on long distance calls on which the day station-to-station rate is more than 35 cento. The discount on most person-to-person calls is the same in money as on statkm-to-fttatioa calls between the same places. WHAT THIS MEANS It makes the telephone more useful to more, people in more ways. It means a broader service at lower cost. . . . Close and frequent contacts with old friends across the miles. Reassuring, personal words' to some far-away invalid. Happy reunions with members of the back home, with children at school or college, v . . And, if you choose, opportunity to clear up the week's unfinished business opr.'plan the week ahead. sumption of distilled spirits in the W ^eP> Dickstein,- New-York Democonsumption of beer in.1934 had been j United States was 2.2,3 gallons per crat- A: jamboree scheduled for last Solon Mill's; E. Harris, Grayslake, director of the Illinois Agricultural Association, and E. M. Phillips, secretary of the McHenry County Farm Loan Association. or. almost double the actual figure-- and the amount of farm products used by brewers in 1934 likewise would have been virtually doubled. In this connection, it is interesting capita and that Of' beor 1.58 gallons.1 summer was canceled at the last min- These proportions steadily changed in. ute because of infantile paralysis in favor of beer until, in 1*917, Washington area,_ capita consumption was 18.48 gallons beer and 1.63 gallons distilled spirits. Miss Alvina Schmitt and sq,me friends motored to Chicago Sunday. V Broadway, ii Village Broadway In England Is often called one of the country's five loveliest vlllages, j TYPICAL THREE-MINUTE RATES FROM Moline to Gary, Ind ... W Rot-k 1 stand to Cincinnati, Ohio, -j. 'Kankakee to Milwaukee, . ' jDec-atur to Detroit, fc|.. Cairo to N<"*v Orleans, La.,..™. Ouincv to Palm Beach, Fla,. »>anviile, to Omalia, Nel>r.. If JYorin to Indianapolis, lnd.„„. ' fci. -{"Winglield to \Vauk.o£a|J, 1U,._....... Alton to Kansas City, Mo..„„ H Rook ford to Toronto, Canada........ f Chicago to Los Angeles, Cal.-- TION-TO-STATION PERSON-TO-PERSON Sunday & Night Reduction Week Day Sunday & Night Reduc tion The Ix>ng Distance Operator Will Tell You The Rate Qn Any Call Desired ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY